Valencian style paella

AUTHOR
Lenora Decker
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
50 mins
TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6
  • 2 packs (à 200 g) Seafood
  • 1 big tomato
  • 1 Onion
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 1 red pepper
  • 6 Chicken drumsticks (approx. 75 g each)
  • 250 g Pork tenderloin
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 150 g frozen green beans
  • 500 g Paella Rice
  • 1 jar (0.1 g) ground saffron threads
  • 150 g frozen peas
  • 7-10 Tbsp Parsley

Directions

  1. 1

    Defrost seafood in a sieve. Carve tomato crosswise, blanch with boiling water, let stand briefly. Quench tomato, peel skin. Cut tomato into slices and remove seeds.

  2. 2

    Chop the flesh. Peel onion and garlic and chop finely. Clean and wash the bell peppers and cut them into finger-thick strips. Wash and dry all the flesh. Cut pork fillet into cubes.

  3. 3

    Season chicken legs with salt and pepper. Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan. Fry the chicken legs for 4-5 minutes, turning them until brown, then remove them. Add pork to the hot frying fat and fry for 3-4 minutes all around,

  4. 4

    Add seafood to the hot frying fat and sauté over medium heat for 2-3 minutes, remove. Add tomatoes, beans, peppers, onion and garlic to the hot pan. Fry for 3-4 minutes while stirring occasionally.

  5. 5

    In a paella pan (approx. 30 cm bottom/ 35 cm Ø top, approx. 5 cm high) or in the fat pan of the oven, mix rice, 1 teaspoon salt, saffron, tomato vegetables and peas. Pour over approx. 1 1/4 litre of boiling water and bring to the boil.

  6. 6

    Season with salt again if necessary. Spread the whole meat and seafood on the rice. Bake in the preheated oven (electric range: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) on the lower shelf for 25-30 minutes (do not stir) until the rice is cooked and the liquid is absorbed.

  7. 7

    Remove the paella from the oven, cover with a tea towel and leave to rest for 7-8 minutes, garnish with parsley if necessary and serve.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
530 kcal
CARBS
71 g
FATS
11 g
PROTEINS
36 g

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